Alessia Cara : (11)

" It’s amazing: it’s so cool being from Brampton, Ontario, and being able to travel the world and being embraced by so many countries. " - Alessia Cara

" I would never wear anything because someone told me to. " - Alessia Cara

" People want to create something bigger for themselves, and making up drama that isn’t there gives people the impression that they have haters. It’s all for attention so it looks like they are important. " - Alessia Cara

" I always told myself that if I was going to be given a voice, I might as well say something worth listening to and not something that’s just going to feed people stupidity. " - Alessia Cara

" As long as each song makes somebody feel something, I think that’s the point of it all. I don’t want it to just be background music, you know? " - Alessia Cara

" You can do anything and be a star. You can dress like however you want, and you can do whatever you want. If you wanna wear meat suits like Lady Gaga, good. She’s freaking amazing! She’s doing that, and she’s unbelievable. I can wear T-shirts and still be great, too. So that’s just what I’m proving to people. " - Alessia Cara

" As a kid, my parents would always listen to a lot of Beatles, Queen, Elvis. My mom was born and raised in Italy, and my dad was born in Canada and moved back and forth between Canada and Italy, so they would also listen to all the big Italian stars like Eros Ramazzotti, Gigi D’Alessio, Tiziano Ferro, Laura Pausini. " - Alessia Cara

" I was too shy to do any vocal lessons or go to choirs; I just didn’t want to be seen doing it. It’s something that I kept to myself. I started easing into it, and I started doing talent shows, and YouTube really helped with that, too. " - Alessia Cara

" ‘Wild Things’ is saying, ‘I don’t have to belong anywhere. This is where I belong.’ It’s a place in the back of my mind that I created, and it’s cool, and I love it here. " - Alessia Cara

" Everywhere I go, every city, they’re always like, ‘What’s in the water in Canada? What’s in the water in Toronto?’ " - Alessia Cara